output_plugin: added methods enable() and disable()

With these methods, an output plugin can allocate some global
resources only if it is actually enabled.  The method enable() is
called after daemonization, which allows for more sophisticated
resource allocation during that method.

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/output_plugin.h b/src/output_plugin.h
index 13dba0d0b..3a9748d46 100644
--- a/src/output_plugin.h
+++ b/src/output_plugin.h
@@ -67,6 +67,24 @@ struct audio_output_plugin {
 	void (*finish)(void *data);
 
 	/**
+	 * Enable the device.  This may allocate resources, preparing
+	 * for the device to be opened.  Enabling a device cannot
+	 * fail: if an error occurs during that, it should be reported
+	 * by the open() method.
+	 *
+	 * @param error_r location to store the error occuring, or
+	 * NULL to ignore errors
+	 * @return true on success, false on error
+	 */
+	bool (*enable)(void *data, GError **error_r);
+
+	/**
+	 * Disables the device.  It is closed before this method is
+	 * called.
+	 */
+	void (*disable)(void *data);
+
+	/**
 	 * Really open the device.
 	 *
 	 * @param audio_format the audio format in which data is going
@@ -150,6 +168,22 @@ ao_plugin_finish(const struct audio_output_plugin *plugin, void *data)
 }
 
 static inline bool
+ao_plugin_enable(const struct audio_output_plugin *plugin, void *data,
+		 GError **error_r)
+{
+	return plugin->enable != NULL
+		? plugin->enable(data, error_r)
+		: true;
+}
+
+static inline void
+ao_plugin_disable(const struct audio_output_plugin *plugin, void *data)
+{
+	if (plugin->disable != NULL)
+		plugin->disable(data);
+}
+
+static inline bool
 ao_plugin_open(const struct audio_output_plugin *plugin,
 	       void *data, struct audio_format *audio_format,
 	       GError **error)